1. Guess who was the top earning woman in music in 2011? Lady Gaga, of
course. She grossed over $90 million according to Forbes magazine's annual tally, while Taylor Swift ($45 million) and Katy
Perry ($44 million) were right behind. Adele grossed almost $18
million, but that number only included a couple of months of sales for
her smash-hit album, 21, and very little touring due to her throat
surgery.

3. The "prog-rock, funk-soul collective" NewVillageris doing a free show at Jack Hanley Gallery ()
(136 Watts Street) tomorrow night, December 16, 8 p.m. The show --
"The Game Cycles" -- includes "dancers, mover, tower and living
sculpture." What's a "mover"?

4. Add the Republic of the Moon
to your list of micro-nations to visit before you die. This
alternative vision of lunar life wants to "re-claim the moon for
artists, idealists and dreamers." You can check it out starting today
through February 26, 2012, in Liverpool, England, at the FACT "film, art
and new media center." [ArtsCatalyst]

5. Sixty-two percent of the apps downloaded for an incentive are never used. [Harris Interactive]